Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul are in line for a boost in their salaries following a resolution approved by the Democratic-led Legislature early Monday morning after a marathon vote on the state budget.
The resolution would boost Cuomo’s pay from $179,000 to $200,000, retroactive to Jan. 1, and enacts a recommendation from a pay commission announced late last year that also supported salary increases for lawmakers.
Hochul’s pay will increase to $190,000.
In the coming years, the governor’s salary will grow to $250,000 by 2021. The lieutenant governor’s salary will reach $220,000.
The future increases will be tied to “the timely legislative passage of the budget” in the previous year.
The state Senate adopted the resolution after 1 a.m. — the Assembly approved the measure just after dawn.
Lawmakers are also in line to receive another phased-in hike in their pay, now set at $110,000, given the budget being approved in a “timely” manner at the start of the state’s fiscal year.
A group of Republican lawmakers late last night announced a legal challenge to the pay panel’s findings, which also capped the amount of money lawmakers can earn outside of the Legislature.